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Argues that full cultural and social citizenship has not yet been achieved, yet Muslim Americans matter to key events and ideas in modern America. -Kathleen Moore, University of California, Santa Barbara Reminding us that the Nation of Islam and Malik El-Shabazz are the predecessors of the contemporary landscape of Muslim politics, Curtis describes the challenges to liberalism and American empire that came through the forging of an Islamic liberation theology. Written by one of the leading scholars of Muslim history in the United States, this is an urgent book for our time. -Junaid Rana, Author of Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora

""Argues that full cultural and social citizenship has not yet been achieved, yet Muslim Americans matter to key events and ideas in modern America."" -- Kathleen Moore,University of California, Santa Barbara ""Reminding us that the Nation of Islam and Malik El-Shabazz are the predecessors of the contemporary landscape of Muslim politics, Curtis describes the challenges to liberalism and American empire that came through the forging of an Islamic liberation theology. Written by one of the leading scholars of Muslim history in the United States, this is an urgent book for our time."" -- Junaid Rana,Author of Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora ""[Curtis] explores this theme with accessible personal stories, including the evolution of Malcolm X into Malik Shabazz, the stories of four Muslim American women, the deaths of Muslim American soldiers Corporal Kareem Khan and Captain Humayun Khan, and dissident activist Linda Sarsour."" * Choice *

Argues that full cultural and social citizenship has not yet been achieved, yet Muslim Americans matter to key events and ideas in modern America. -- Kathleen Moore,University of California, Santa Barbara Reminding us that the Nation of Islam and Malik El-Shabazz are the predecessors of the contemporary landscape of Muslim politics, Curtis describes the challenges to liberalism and American empire that came through the forging of an Islamic liberation theology. Written by one of the leading scholars of Muslim history in the United States, this is an urgent book for our time. -- Junaid Rana,Author of Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora

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Edward E. Curtis IV is the William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts and Professor of Religious Studies at the IU School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis. A recipient of Mellon, NEH, Fulbright, and Carnegie fellowships, Curtis is author of Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy, Muslims in America: A Short History, and editor of The Practice of Islam in America: An Introduction and the Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History.

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